FIFA 19: 10 Stadiums That Need To Be In The Game

4. Stadio San Paolo (Napoli)

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A quick look at the Serie A table should tell you everything you need to know about the power shift in Italian football these days. Both AC and Inter Milan are languishing outside the top four, and both Roma and Lazio prop that top quartet up.

What do all those sides have in common? Aside from league-leaders Juventus, they're the only other Italian teams to have an official stadium in FIFA 18.

Poor Napoli fans, despite seeing their side second in the table and giving Juve a right good challenge for the Scudetto crown, have to make do with a generic ground in FIFA. Meanwhile, their old-school Stadio San Paolo stadium is posted missing. For the third-biggest arena in Italy, that's a crying shame.

No, the running track surround to the pitch doesn't sell atmosphere, and yes, the place could do with a bit of sprucing up. Ignore that though, because San Paolo is steeped in history and it's where one of the Italian game's re-emerging giants plays bi-weekly.

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